thought of laying a cable under the ocean so that telegraph messages could go back and forth between north america and Europe.

Henry Ford

made the auto a part of everyday american life. he made a moving assembly line which lead to mass production.

the wright brothers

they owned a bike shop in dayton ohio. they had a dream of flying. Orville made the first flight. it lasted for 12 sec. the military saw that flying could help them. they made the first successful flight

samuel gompers

he organized a union called american federation labor (AFL)

The triangle fire

a fire in a clothing factory which had locked doors caused many peope to die. as a result in new york and other states approved new safety rules to protect workers.

mary harris Jones

protected children's rights spoke about the hard lives of children in textile mills. They called her mother jones and she cared for the workers.

sweatshops

workplace where people worked for long hours but for small pay most of them were young women or children.

haymarket riot

people at the McCormick company that went on strike and police killed four workers in the next day in protest of the killings eight more people were arrested and killed 7 police men

collective bargaining

the right for unions to communicate or negotiate w/ management for workers as a group.